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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law enforcement officers and agencies; Office of Public Safety Officer Support; change the name"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 24-5-510 and Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to privileged communications between law enforcement officers and peer counselors and Office of Public Safety Officer Support, respectively, so as to change the name of the Office of Public Safety Officer Support; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 838"
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citation: "Georgia HB 838 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "Jodi Lott", "Micah Gravley", "Rick Jasperse"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-01-28"
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last_action: "2021-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/958ede4d-aef4-459c-a544-48549d89ff26"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f00dda18f1e92ac34b79571072d26d9b40e70de49d00af7046b9aec7d3fd32bc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 838 (2019_20) — Law enforcement officers and agencies; Office of Public Safety Officer Support; change the name
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 24-5-510 and Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to privileged communications between law enforcement officers and peer counselors and Office of Public Safety Officer Support, respectively, so as to change the name of the Office of Public Safety Officer Support; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 838/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194574.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 2453/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188614.pdf)
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3. **SCSFA to HB838** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194458.pdf)
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4. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 5700S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194429.pdf)
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5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 34 0821** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194457.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **147–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
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- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-28** House Hopper
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- **2020-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Transmitted House
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- **2020-06-23** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-05** Act 569 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-01-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/958ede4d-aef4-459c-a544-48549d89ff26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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